by The Observer Staff | Feb 18, 2025 | Featured
BY LOGAN HURSTONFOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN — After 25 years in business, Crown Trophy in Auburn is under new ownership. Michael and Camila Tonks purchased the trophy and engraving store in November 2024 from the original owner, Kris Kirk.The Tonks moved to Auburn from...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 18, 2025 | Featured
BY MICHAELA YIELDINGFOR THE OBSERVER EAST ALABAMA — Best Friends Adam Stiff and Dickie Johnson are bringing a new food truck to the Auburn-Opelika area. The food truck, Turn & Burn, gives an elevated spin on popular street foods.Stiff and Johnson have worked in...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 18, 2025 | Featured
BY LOGAN HURSTON FOR THE OBSERVER EAST ALABAMA —For some, tango is just a dance. For others, it’s a way to communicate. That’s where Auburn’s Argentine Tango Club comes in. The club was started in the early 2000s by Omar Romagnoli, a native of Argentina who was...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 18, 2025 | Featured
BY HANNAH BEASLEY FOR THE OBSERVER EAST ALABAMA — Leigh Ann Parker of Opelika recycles old quilts and gives them new life. Her passion for repurposing old quilts began two years ago during when she stumbled upon a quilt coat pattern and became intrigued.“I began going...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 18, 2025 | Legals
ORDINANCE NO. 003-25AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 14-27 OF THE CODE OFORDINANCES BY REDUCING THE OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE FEERATE FROM ONE AND ONE-HALF PERCENT TO ONE PERCENTWHEREAS, the City of Opelika (the “City”) levies and imposes an occupational license fee upon...
